Home Gardening Tips for a Beginner

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I am sure there are many people who wonder “How do I make a good garden at home?” In this series of gardening posts I will give some home gardening tips that have helped me. I have been that mad gardening lady with nearly over 50 plants in her balcony garden since the last 5 years. Currently I have 80 potted plants in my rented apartment which has 2 balconies. This helps me to do my bit for the environment and also keeps me grounded. With so much uncertainty in the current times, my plant babies seem to be the forever and constant source of joy and happiness in my life.

Having survived a relocation in 2018 and giving up all my plant babies, we started this garden nearly from scratch. Now in 3 years we have mini jungle in one of the balconies. The other balcony is dedicated to all the flowering babies. Now the newest addition is the bedroom window will, which has been adorned with some choice foliage and flowers.

So that the first thing that we open our eyes to a good dose of vitamin green in the morning!
Have you ever wondered “How do you get good at gardening?”
In this series of posts I will share with you some knowledge about what every gardener should know and what every gardener should have.

Things every gardener should know

• The most important thing is to have a love for plants. This helps to set a good and solid foundation for this love story between you and your garden.

• From personal experience I have realized plants are very sensitive and they respond to love and affection. A gentle pep talk whispered lovingly near a Peace Lily which is drooping has nearly always worked for me. Though Peace Lilies are notorious drama queen and can keep you guessing for days on end!!!

• Plants need committed care. They wont tolerate being an afterthought. So the time for plant care has to be fixed and exclusive irrespective of however busy you are.

• The right amount of watering is crucial.

Check the soil before watering always. Some plants need water as much as two times a day and some need as little as once a week. So you have to figure out a schedule for each plant. Over time it becomes easy. If the plant is exposed to a lot of sunlight it will need a lot of water. Indoor plants can do with once s week watering. Peace lily should not be watered with tap water. The chlorine causes discoloration of the leaves. Roses hate overwatering and should be given optimum amount of water.

• Just like we need food for sustenance, plants also need food. But not as frequently as us. I give liquid fertilizers once a week and organic cow dung/ flower fertilizer once every fortnightly.

Things every gardener should have

• Here I will enlist some things that every garden should have. Some of my favorite fertilizers for my plants are listed below.

Casa de Amore Rose care fertiliser 

Casa de Amore Neem fertiliser

The organic cow dung fertiliser from my local nursery.

Trustbasket organic vermicompost

Organic dews premium liquid sea weed concentrate.

Organic dews liquid fish fertilizer(this one is very stinky though)

• There are several challenges that every gardener be it newbie or pro, face in their gardening journey. The biggest challenge I have faced are the variety of insects and pest which love to infest my garden at regular intervals!
• Recovering from these pesky infestations is a real uphill task. Come back in the next post of this series to know my home gardening tips of how I tackle the infestations and keep my plants safe and happy.

This post is part of #CauseAChatter with Blogchatter in which I will try to do my bit to contribute to the talk on environment.

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